Medborgerliga rättigheter & medborgarskap

If human rights are considered the most essential quality of human existence, then this book represents a lifetime devoted to the fight for those rights Ai Weiwei In three decades under the leadership of Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watch conducted ...

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THE NEW BOOK FROM THE BESTSELLING, COSTA PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE VOLUNTEER The true story of a Jewish lawyer who returned to Germany after WWII to prosecute war crimes, only to find himself pitted against a nation determined to bury the past. ...

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'Mind-blowing ... one extraordinary read' EMILY MAITLIS 'The greatest political figure of his generation' OBSERVER 'Part memoir, part diary, a political manifesto, a darkly funny adieu' BEN MACINTYRE 'Patriot wil...

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A book that calls us to witness our place in history Sally Rooney An urgent and moving essay on the Palestinian struggle and the power of narrative from the Womens Prize shortlisted author of Enter Ghost. Award-winning author Isabella Hammad deliv...

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**2024 Pulitzer Prize Finalist** Now in paperback: the powerful, revelatory New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller, shortlisted for the Financial Times Best Business Book of the Year Award. An unflinching investigation reveals the human r...

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Guides young revolutionaries in the art of human communication and explains the tactics of organizing others to work within the system for social change.

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***THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*** In Peter Beinart's view, one story dominates Jewish communal life: that of persecution and victimhood. It is a story that erases much of the nuance of Jewish religious tradition and warps our unders...

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Defining the Victorian Nation offers a fresh perspective on one of the most significant pieces of legislation in nineteenth-century Britain. Catherine Hall, Keith McClelland and Jane Rendall demonstrate that the Second Reform Act of 1867 was marke...

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How identity politics failed one particular identity. A must read and if you think YOU dont need to read it, thats just the clue to know you do SARAH SILVERMAN A masterpiece' STEPHEN FRY Jews Dont Count is a book for people on the right side ...

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** #4 New York Times bestseller ** In Democracy Awakening, American historian Heather Cox Richardson examines how, over the decades, an elite minority have made war on American ideals. By weaponising language and promoting false history, they are ...

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Trots att rösträtt för kvinnor är en grundläggande förutsättning för demokrati och medborgarskap har kvinnorösträttsfrågan och kvinnokampen osynliggjorts i den nationella historieskrivningen om demokratiseringsprocessen. Kampen för kvinnors rösträ...

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Illustrating the scope of this fascinating and wide-reaching subject to the student, this clear and concise text gives a broad introduction to international human rights law. Coverage includes regional systems of protection, the role of the UN, an...

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An authoritative account of Xi Jinping's worldview and how it drives Chinese behaviour both domestically and on the world stage. In his new book, On Xi Jinping, former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd provides an authoritative account of ...

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What is democracy? How do we know when we have it? Is liberal democracy merely one, or the only, version of democracy.

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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Vividly written and exhaustively researched, Jonathan Eig's King is the first major biography in decades of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. - and the first to include recently declassified FBI files. In thi...

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Who works for the government and why does their work matter? Michael Lewis, bestselling author of The Big Short and The Fifth Risk, along with an all-star team of writers and storytellers, takes us on a riveting journey into a hidden world The gov...

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WINNER OF THE 2024 PULITZER PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 'A deeply immersive portrait of daily life in Israel and the West Bank' The Best Books to Understand the Israeli-Palestinian Conf...

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Given the turbulence in the international order in recent years, one of the central concerns among observers of world politics is the question of China's ultimate goals. As China emerges as a superpower that rivals the United States, American...

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They called him the 'angriest black man in America' . . . Celebrated and vilified the world over for his courageous but bitter fight to gain for millions of black men and women the equality and respect denied them by their white neighbou...

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Social Movements cleverly translates the art of collective action and mobilization by excluded groups to facilitate understanding social change from below. Students learn the core components of social movements, the theory and methods used to stud...

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How insurgenciesenabled by digital devices and a vast information spherehave mobilized millions of ordinary people around the world. In the words of economist and scholar Arnold Kling, Martin Gurri saw it coming. Technology has categorically rever...

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The iconic New York Times bestseller that 'struck the spark that would eventually light the fire of Black Lives Matter' (Ibram X. Kendi) Named one of the most important nonfiction books of the 21st century by Entertainment Weekly Slate C...

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"Hart's argument that we need to drastically revise our current view of illegal drugs is both powerful and timely . . . when it comes to the legacy of this country's war on drugs, we should all share his outrage." -The New York Times Boo...

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